08 Stockholm Human Rights

08 Stockholm Human Rights is a Swedish basketball club located in Stockholm that has a men's and women's team.

08 Stockholm Human Rights
LeaguesSuperettan
Founded1996
ArenaÅkeshovshallen, Bromma
LocationAlvik, Sweden
Team colorsBlack and White
PresidentJonas Morin
Head coachPatrick Levy
ChampionshipsMen: 1 (2001)
Women: 4 (2001, '03, '07, '10)
Website08stockholm.se

The club was established in 1996 when two of the most successful basketball associations, Alvik BK (established 1956) and the South YMCA Basketball (established 1949), collaborated to form 08 Stockholm. The reason for the name of "Human Rights" is because of the club's active social commitment to using basketball as a tool to work against racism, for social inclusion and to educate their players and leaders in the club's core values.[1][2]

Since their inception in 1996–97, the club has been very successful with both their men's and women's teams winning the league championship in 2001. The women's team has subsequently won three national championships (2003, 2007, 2010) since then, while the men's team previously won the inaugural Swedish-Finnish league championship in 1999.[3] In 2013, the men's team was removed from the Basketligan because it didn't meet requirements set by the league. The club continued in the Superettan.

Players

Current roster
08 Stockholm Human Rights roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Wt.Age
G/F 4 Porscke, Joel 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 28 – (1991-10-06)6 October 1991
G 5 Corell, Jesper 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) 29 – (1991-04-12)12 April 1991
C 6 Guede, Jean 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 41 – (1979-01-09)9 January 1979
G 7 Ehlde, Jonas 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 28 – (1992-01-14)14 January 1992
F 8 Fant, Mikael
G 9 Ilunga, Olivier 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 37 – (1983-03-13)13 March 1983
F 10 Thorangen, Adrian 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 26 – (1993-11-13)13 November 1993
G 11 Gullbrandsson, Emil 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 28 – (1992-02-11)11 February 1992
F 12 Cahilig, Andreas 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 29 – (1991-01-23)23 January 1991
F 13 Olsson-Drebold, Helge 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 31 – (1989-05-16)16 May 1989
F 14 Forsberg, Simon 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 30 – (1990-06-16)16 June 1990
F 15 Ilves, Timo 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 33 – (1986-08-11)11 August 1986
G Lundin, Jimmy 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 30 – (1990-06-05)5 June 1990
G/F Nystrom, Jim 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 37 – (1982-10-05)5 October 1982
C Berg, Max 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in) 27 – (1993-01-05)5 January 1993
Head coach
  • Patrick Levy
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured
Updated: 2015-03-13

Depth chart
Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Simon Forsberg Helge Olsson-Drebold Max Berg
PF Timo Ilves Mikael Fant Jean Guede
SF Adrian Thorangen Andreas Cahilig Jim Nystrom
SG Jonas Ehlde Joel Porscke Jimmy Lundin
PG Olivier Ilunga Emil Gullbrandsson Jesper Corell

Notable past players

References
  1. "08 Stockholm Human Rights Basket". Fryshuset.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 2009-08-22. Retrieved 2009-08-16.
  2. "08 Stockholm Human Rights BBK - Basket". Svenskidrott.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 2009-08-22. Retrieved 2009-08-16.
  3. "08 HERR". 08stockholm.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 24 December 2014.
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